UPDATE

Next concert:

Sun. 3 May, from 5.30 a.m.

St.Peter's Church

Leiden

THE CANONICAL HOURS

Sung by the Egidius College and Gregoriana

At certain times of the day, a small choir, called the College of the Canonical Hours, entered St.Peter’s Church for a musical offering: it sang ‘the Hours’. At St.Peter’s Church, the seven hours were: Matins at around 5 a.m., Lauds at around 6 a.m., Terce at around 9 a.m., Sext at around 12 noon, None at around 3 p.m., Vespers at around 5 p.m. and Compline at around 8 p.m.In between the Hours, other less ecclesiastical activities took place in the church...